LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Feb. 6 - Moral principles wither away

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Our country is in the throes of a real moral dilemma. The cause is the dumbing down of eternal moral principles. I will use the issue of homosexuality as an example. However, the basis of this could be applied to any human behavior you may choose.

Homosexuality was once called a sin and was dealt with in that realm. Later, it was changed to a crime, and there are laws to that effect. According to new enlightened thinking, those laws seemed too severe, so it was reduced to being called a sickness. It was either in your genes or you had an autocratic mother and an absentee father that caused it. It wasn't your fault.

This again seemed too harsh, so it was downgraded to a deviant behavior. This left room for all kinds of problems and it wasn't satisfactory because it seemed unkind to those involved. So it has come full circle to the final step. It is now an accepted behavior as the federal government has proclaimed. There is no judgment at all. (As an aside, the gay community still isn't happy with that.)

However, that's not the end of the story. Where are we today as a result of all this? Today, nothing sacred, not human sexuality, marriage, unborn babies or even life itself. We are telling our children there are no absolutes. We are setting them adrift into a very turbulent society with no moral compass.

The Roman philosopher, Pliny, said, "What we do to our children, they do to society." Any wonder why there is so much carnage and unrest in America? This will not bode well if we do not deal with the fact there is a transcendent, integral truth running this universe. His name is God.